A Proposal for Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue (1712) [ Concepts ]
… of eloquence, there being no further use or encouragement for popular orators: their giving not only the freedom of the city, but capacity for employments, to several towns in Gaul , Spain and Germany , and other distant parts, as far as Asia ; … way of pronouncing, but even here in London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs: and in a few years, it is probable, will all differ from themselves, as fancy or …
Corruption | Eloquence
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